scholarly journals A Case Study Review on Social-Emotional Problems Affecting Gifted and Talented Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadire Gülçin Yıldız ◽  

In recent times, studies focusing on the issue of gifted and talented students in Turkey have gained much traction. However, so far, these appear to have been limited in terms of the intervention strategies they offer. The question of how to respond to the social and emotional issues of gifted and talented students remains an issue, which is a source of debate, based on the experiences on the field and the directions offered by the latest studies. While giftedness is associated with positive thoughts and beliefs, these come a number of challenges that require closer examination. Consequently, the aim of this case study is to discuss the social-emotional issues experienced gifted and talented children, with regards to effective intervention programs which are often overlooked and not thoroughly examined. Determining the type of acceleration practice could be a very subjective decision and possible risk and resources should be analyzed in order to determine what is best for the child’s needs. As outlined by this case study, the proper identification of intervention strategies should respond to the problems experienced by students in the social and emotional realm. The review concludes with recommendations that could help school counselors, families and educators in assisting gifted and talented students, based on existing relevant literature.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadire Gülçin Yıldız

In recent times, studies focusing on the issue of gifted and talented students in Turkey have gained much traction. However, so far, these appear to have been limited in terms of the intervention strategies they offer. The question of how to respond to the social and emotional issues of gifted and talented students remains an issue, which is a source of debate, based on the experiences on the field and the directions offered by the latest studies. While giftedness is associated with positive thoughts and beliefs, these come a number of challenges that require closer examination. Consequently, the aim of this case study is to discuss the social-emotional issues experienced gifted and talented children, with regards to effective intervention programs which are often overlooked and not thoroughly examined. Determining the type of acceleration practice could be a very subjective decision and possible risk and resources should be analyzed in order to determine what is best for the child’s needs. As outlined by this case study, the proper identification of intervention strategies should respond to the problems experienced by students in the social and emotional realm. The review concludes with recommendations that could help school counselors, families and educators in assisting gifted and talented students, based on existing relevant literature.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibel Dal ◽  
Cemil Öztep

In recent times, studies focusing on the issue of gifted and talented students in Turkey have gained much traction. However, so far, these appear to have been limited in terms of the intervention strategies they offer. The question of how to respond to the social and emotional issues of gifted and talented students remains an issue, which is a source of debate, based on the experiences on the field and the directions offered by the latest studies. While giftedness is associated with positive thoughts and beliefs, these come a number of challenges that require closer examination. Consequently, the aim of this case study is to discuss the social-emotional issues experienced gifted and talented children, with regards to effective intervention programs which are often overlooked and not thoroughly examined. Determining the type of acceleration practice could be a very subjective decision and possible risk and resources should be analyzed in order to determine what is best for the child’s needs. As outlined by this case study, the proper identification of intervention strategies should respond to the problems experienced by students in the social and emotional realm. The review concludes with recommendations that could help school counselors, families and educators in assisting gifted and talented students, based on existing relevant literature.


2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-235
Author(s):  
Meredith J. Greene

Two of the guiding principles of gifted program standards are that gifted learners must be provided differentiated guidance efforts and affective curriculum (Nevitt, 2001), yet many gifted and talented students are receiving inadequate social, emotional, and career counseling. There are many reasons for this, including a shortage of personnel trained in working with gifted students, emphasis on academic achievement and tests scores, and the belief that gifted students can manage on their own. In many schools, guidance or counseling of students is the sole domain of professional counselors; however, most school counselors do not have training in gifted education and because they are burdened with large caseloads, administrative duties (i.e., scheduling), and crisis counseling, they often must function in a triage mode, attending to only the most serious problems with little time left for anything else.


2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 78-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Deans ◽  
Suzana Klarin ◽  
Rachel Liang ◽  
Erica Frydenberg

THIS PAPER REPORTS ON a social emotional learning (SEL) program entitled COPE-R and the role of the teacher in supporting young children's developing social and emotional understandings, particularly around caring and empathy. Thirty-eight four- and five-year-old children and their teacher from an inner-Melbourne city long day preschool program participated in the research. The teacher was also a member of the research team hence the study falls within the realm of practitioner-research, which aims to shed further light on the role of the teacher in designing, implementing and evaluating challenging programs for young children. A qualitative case study methodology was employed to ensure that the voices of the children and the teacher-researcher were centrally located in the research. The data included the teacher-researcher's program plans and reflective journal notes, children's drawing-tellings and transcribed child interview data. Findings highlight the capacities of the participating children to engage in the COPE-R program and to demonstrate increased social emotional skill development—as evidenced through being able to identify and give voice to social emotional issues, enact relational empathy, demonstrate care for others and the environment, and recognise emotions in self and others. Also, the findings provide insight into the role of the teacher in implementing the COPE-R program, which enabled the participating children to give voice to a range of social and emotional issues including empathy, reciprocity, generosity, kindness and joy.


2003 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 34-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda Wycoff ◽  
William R. Nash ◽  
Joyce E. Juntune ◽  
Laura Mackay

Maximum academic achievement for gifted and talented students can only be accomplished when teachers are given the tools, support, and training needed to strengthen instructional skills and develop knowledge of the social and emotional needs of the students they serve (Feldhusen, 1997). Providing meaningful professional development to develop or enhance these skills is a challenge for administrators responsible for the planning and implementation of training experiences for teachers of gifted students.


2021 ◽  
pp. 001312452110625
Author(s):  
Karen Stansberry Beard ◽  
Joanne Baltazar Vakil ◽  
Theodore Chao ◽  
Cory D. Hilty

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the approximately 3.2 million teachers serving 50.8 million students in U.S. schools were positioned, along with school counselors, as de facto first responders for student well-being. Teachers across the country, already struggling to transition their teaching to online platforms, had to simultaneously implement recently adopted Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Standards. While prioritizing the social and emotional needs of children is of course a necessity, we wondered about the support needed for teachers who shouldered this work? Of particular interest were the supports for teachers operating in urban schools and with communities of color disproportionately impacted. And within this timeframe, global uprisings protesting police murders of Black bodies revealed the crucial importance of anti-racist educational practices. While we contend that teacher well-being is a key determinate of student well-being, we also explored the ways teachers innovated and created online communities (e.g., Twitter, Facebook) to support one another’s SEL and anti-racist pedagogy. The connection between these practices to research-supported online teacher support structures that influence teacher emotions (e.g., efficacy) was further explored. We conclude with implications from learnings from this crisis for practitioners, educator preparation programs, policy, and future research while adding to the limited literature concerning teacher SEL, anti-racism, and teacher-created communities.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 396-400
Author(s):  
Nor Hamizah Ab Razak ◽  
Abdul Rashid Abdul Aziz ◽  
Mohd Zaliridzal Zakaria

Decision making and resilience are the most important element in addressing social and emotional issues among gifted and talented students (GTS). Therefore, Cognitive Behavior Play Therapy Module (CBPT Module) is conceived as an intervention to improve the decision-making skills and resilience among GTS. The purpose of this research is to assess the content validity of this module. The content validity of CBPT Module analyzed by five experts in the field of module construction, gifted students and play therapy. The findings indicated that the coefficient value of the content validity was .92 and based on the sub module and activities was .909.  The research proves that CBPT Module has a high content validity hence it is suitable to apply for the GTS that encloses an inadequate and mediate decision-making skills and resilience level.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 242-251
Author(s):  
Abdul Rashid Abdul Aziz ◽  
Nor Hamizah Ab Razak ◽  
Rezki Perdani Sawai ◽  
Mohd Faizal Kasmani ◽  
Mohamad Isa Amat ◽  
...  

Most gifted students love to study, work hard to complete cognitive tasks, and wanted to have more difficult subjects for enhancing their intellectual capability. However, they are unable to do so in their regular classes even in their special gifted group. Some of the challenges faced by gifted and talented students are teachers’ stigma, negative peer attitudes, difficulty understanding others, problems related to perfectionism, as well as impatience and intolerance. Thus, there is a dire need to cater the social and emotional issues of these students. Counselors may be unaware and unable to respond to these concerns because they are not well-trained to counsel this unique population. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the characteristics of gifted and talented students, challenges that they face and the need for counseling approaches to address all these issues to unleash the learning and development of gifted students.


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